Thursday, May 5, 2011

Offensive, Desperate and Divisive Republican Rhetoric

“The bizarre rhetoric we have seen this week from the increasingly-extreme CT Republicans has reached a new and embarrassing low. While our country is coming together around the death of Osama bin Laden, and our state is coming together around the ideas of shared sacrifice, leading CT Republicans are doing their best to divide us. From suggesting Democrats are taking advantage of bin Laden’s death to comparing the Governor’s budget to Hurricane Katrina, right-wing Republicans like Chris Healy and Senator John Kissel do nothing but divide Americans and show just how out-of-touch and delusional they and their party are becoming.”